ls does not return when listing directory of 70 thousand files with color enabled

[John Richer]

Bug:

The ls command prints no output and does not return when involved in a
directory containing about 70,000 files.

On my Gnu-Linux system, 

    which ls
          ls      ls --color=tty
                  /bin/ls

If I turn color off, all is well (ls --color=never)

Version Info:

        ls (GNU fileutils) 4.0p
        Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.

System:  RH Linux 7.1


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